Sunday, October 26, 2014

The whole picture

I posted a picture on Instagram yesterday of a view in my town when I went fishing. In the picture, like in person, it looked immaculate. Though, the spot is about 200-300 ft from a main road and right next to a country club. The way I took the picture, no one can see these loud and distracting imperfections. The only way to notice these imperfections is to actually be in the same spot in person, otherwise, they are completely unnoticed.  So what looks like a perfect spot for a relaxing day of fishing ends up by being a day filled with distraction, muffled chatter, and cars zooming by behind you. This can be seen with Rebecca. All the characters see her as my perfect fishing spot. They only see the one perfect part of the picture I showed instead of the country club, the road, or even the desolate field that used to be flourishing with corn. All of Rebecca's imperfections cannot be seen because the narrator is a separate human being and is only showing us the perfect view so we are lead to believe that Rebecca is the definition of perfection.  Also, this can be translated into our lives in which we have to stop basing and judging people by the view in which they take their picture. We have to accept, understand, and learn why they show us the specific view. Here is the picture if you didn't see it before. I wish I thought of taking a picture of everything else but I just made this connection. 

2 comments:

  1. This is really cool Nick. I like how it kind of relates to the whole discussion we had in class based on the hockey players appearances.

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  2. This is exactly like in the Virgin Suicides, how we only get to see things from the boys point of view, and they're the ones choosing how to portray the story.. Just like how Rebecca is the "Perfect Fishing Spot" this really shows how the narrator can change the story, and choose how to present it.

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